Book review - Rememberings - Sinéad O’Connor
A rollercoaster of an autobiography by the protest singer, Sinéad O’Connor, from her troubled childhood through to her singing career and mental health troubles. Raw, honest and revealing.
Snowflake - Louise Nealon - Book Review
An accomplished debut by young Irish writer, Louise Nealon, about 18 year old Debbie growing up in rural Ireland before moving to Dublin, about family, mental health and relationships.
Book Review - Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race - Reni Eddo-Lodge
An essential book about race relations in the UK today. A major contribution to the discussion of anti racism.
Book Review - Listen- How to Find The Words for Tender Conversations - Kathryn Mannix
A wise and compassionate book on the act of listening from Kathryn Mannix, a medical practitioner and therapist with over 30 years experience in palliative care. A vital and moving read.
Book Review - Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe
Remarkable work of narrative non fiction that focuses on the abduction and murder of Jean McConville to tell the story of ‘the troubles.’
Book Review - A Furious Devotion: The Authorised Story Of Shane MacGowan - Richard Balls
The engrossing story of one of Ireland’s national icons, from his formative years in England, trips home to Tipperary and how they shaped him, Punk rock through to the wild years of the Pogues.
Book Review - The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett
The story of two twin sisters born in the strange town of Mallard, with its own system of racial purity. They escape, but their lives take two very different courses.
Book Review - The Survivors - Jane Harper
A review of Jane Harper’s ‘The Survivors’, set in a Tasmanian beach town. How does it compare to her previous bestselling thrillers?
Book Review - The Way Home: Tales from a life without technology - Mark Boyle
Mark Boyle’s story of how he gave up electricity for a year and living a life familiar only to our distant ancestors.
Book Review - Northern Protestants On Shifting Ground
An enlightening and thought provoking book on Northern Protestants over the last twenty years, with Brexit and talk of a United Ireland increasing.
Book Review - Nightmare Alley - William Lindsay Gresham
A dark, lurid, hard boiled bleak nightmare of a book with a seedy underbelly and a complicated and fascinating main character.
Book Review - Beautiful World, Where are you - Sally Rooney
Sally Rooney’s third novel focuses on the friendships and loves of four people finding their way in the modern world.
Book Review - Listening to Bob Dylan - Larry Starr
A review of Larry Starr’s ‘listening to Bob Dylan’ a welcome addition to the Dylan library with specific emphasis on composition.
Book Review - The Black Angel (Charlie Parker #5) - John Connolly
The fifth outing in the Charlie Parker Crime/supernatural series is fast paced and incredibly dark, taking in New York, Eastern Europe and WW2.
Book Review - Did ye hear Mammy died? - Séamus O’Reilly
Funny and heart warming account by Séamus O’Reily on growing up in rural Derry in the north of Ireland following the death of his mother, with his ten siblings and legend of a da.
Book Review - Five Little Indians - Michelle Good
Five First Nation children and how they survive in the years after they have been released from the Canadian residential school system.
Book Review - Billy Summers - Stephen King
A Sniper decides to take on a final job for a big payday in this superior thriller from Stephen King.
